German conservatives divided over answer to state election rout
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel acknowledged on Monday that her pro-refugee policies led to her party’s state election rout on Sunday but said they would not be jettisoned even though her Bavarian ally is clamoring for change.
Spain’s Socialists seek talks but third election still looks likely
MADRID (Reuters) – The leader of Spain’s Socialists said on Monday he would seek coalition talks with smaller parties, as the country lurches towards its third election in a year following several failed attempts to form a government.
Saudis tighten their belts for Eid in age of austerity
RIYADH/KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – A cartoon widely circulated in Saudi Arabia on Twitter last month showed three old men in traditional robes, named Unemployment, Prices and Poverty, looking down at a young boy with torn clothes named Salary.
PM May rejects points-based immigration controls sought by Brexit campaigners
HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May rejected a “points-based” system to screen immigrants, setting up a potential conflict with Brexit campaigners in her government who promised to bring in Australian-style controls over EU m…
Exclusive: Brazil’s Taurus sold arms to trafficker for Yemen war, prosecutors allege
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Reuters) – Brazil’s Forjas Taurus SA, the largest weapons manufacturer in Latin America, sold guns to a known Yemeni arms trafficker who funneled them into his nation’s civil war in violation of international sanctions, according …
Xi: Japan should exercise caution in words, deeds on South China Sea – Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping told Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday that Japan should “exercise caution in its words and deeds” on the South China Sea issue, China’s state news agency Xinhua reported.
Obama to address lethal legacy of secret war in Laos
XIENG KHOUANG, Laos (Reuters) – Yianyang Bounxieng remembers playing with bombs as a child growing up in Xieng Khouang, a verdant and mountainous province of Laos, and the area most heavily bombed by U.S. Air Force planes during the war in neighboring …
Obama and Putin tell diplomats to keep working on Syria argument
HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a longer-than-expected discussion on Monday about whether, and how, they could agree on a ceasefire deal in war-torn Syria, a senior U.S. administration of…
Merkel unsatisfied with German state election result
HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday she was unhappy about the results of Sunday’s regional election, where her party was relegated to third place behind an anti-immigrant party but added her refugee policies have …
China blames United States, journalists for Obama airport fiasco
BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Monday leveled responsibility at the United States and journalists for a fracas at a Chinese airport, in which officials of both countries exchanged heated remarks as President Barack Obama disembarked from his aircraft.
